Central Station : true stories from Australian cattle stations / Central Station Blog, edited by Jane Sale and Stephanie Coombes
- Bib ID:
- 7050113
- Format:
- Book
- Description:
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- Sydney, NSW : ABC Books / HarperCollins Publishers Australia, 2016
- ©2016
- xi, 299 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations, map, colour portraits ; 23 cm
- ISBN:
- 9780733335198 (paperback)
- Invalid ISBN:
- 9781460706770 (ebook)
- Summary:
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Meet the men and women who live and work on some of Australia's most remote cattle stations, as they share their stories. Have you ever wondered what it's like living a day's drive from the nearest supermarket? Or having a million-acre backyard, with your next-door neighbours a two-hour drive away? These compelling true stories from the popular Central Station blog will open your eyes to what outback life is really like - and why many wouldn't live anywhere else. There are yarns from bosses, station cooks, ringers, single mums, kids, governesses, chopper pilots and more, told with humour, self-deprecation - and pride in a job well done. There are tales of mustering, stock camps, working dogs, rogue cattle and hard bloody yakka, but also the fun of a bush wedding or kicking back at a campdraft. There's the simple wonder of living in an amazing landscape, but also the downside: the ravages of flood, fire and drought. And always there's the inherent danger of isolation - times when the Flying Doctor came to the rescue, but also times when lives have been tragically cut short. A vivid, honest picture of outback life: the good, the bad - and the dusty!
- Subject:
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- Central Station Blog
- Blogs -- Australia
- Country life -- Australia, Central -- Anecdotes
- Ranches -- Australia, Central -- Anecdotes
- Online social networks -- Australia, Central -- Anecdotes
- Australia -- Rural conditions -- Anecdotes
- Australia, Central -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes
- Australian
- Other authors/contributors:
- Also Titled:
- True stories from Australian cattle stations.
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2046 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1976
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